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Indonesian mob burns churches, attack police

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 13:29

Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners stormed a courthouse and set two churches on fire in central Indonesia to protest what they considered a lenient sentence for a Christian man convicted of blaspheming Islam.

Pastoral letter against Prof TJ Joseph read out in 120 churches

Last Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10:21

A Pastoral letter condemning the `irresponsible action` of Prof TJ Joseph, for preparing a question paper hurting the religious sentiments of a community, was today read out during the Sunday mass in 120 parish churches.

Seven `unauthorised` churches regularised in Meghalaya

Last Updated: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 20:03

Seven churches, built on encroached government land in Meghalaya, have been regularised and the occupied land handed over to the local church committees in the wake of uproar from some quarters.

Meghalaya Oppn slams move against `unauthorised` churches

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 22:26

Opposition NCP in Meghalaya today slammed the state government for dubbing half a dozen churches as `unauthorised` and initiating an exercise to verify the structures.

Indian Christians feel unwelcome in UK churches

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 18:25

Indian-origin Christians who feel unwelcome in mainstream churches in Britain are forming their own small churches.

Kenyan churches blame govt for blast at rally

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 09:57

The rally was against draft constitution that would recognise Islamic courts.

Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 17:54

A sheriff`s dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.

Karna panel for ban on bodies preaching against any religion

Last Updated: Monday, February 1, 2010, 23:59

A judicial commission which probed attacks on churches in Karnataka has recommended a ban on all communal organisations which practise and preach activities against any religion.

Decent burial for those who commit suicide: Kerala churches

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12:32

Life may or may not have been fair to those who commit suicide, but the churches in Kerala have decided they will be given a "decent" Christian burial.

Pak mob attacks churches, houses of Christians

Last Updated: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 12:15

Muslim fanatics attacked churches and burnt down scores of houses of the Christian community in Pakistan`s Punjab province, a news report said.